Trade Policy & Agreements

From piracy to the Ever Given, colonialism left hard scars.

The old trade order has gone out the window at breathtaking speed. What comes next is very slippery.

Trump’s economic revolution is alive and well—and continuing in abler hands.

The pandemic killed hopes of a trade boom.

Here’s why and what their story means for other seafarers.

Beijing doesn’t understand local governments are independent of Washington.

Chile prepares to elect constitutional authors with 50 percent being women, a global milestone.

And the new agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union does the opposite.

Sure, everybody’s a protectionist now. But there’s a way to both protect U.S. workers and support free trade.

Nearly a decade after signing a deal with the United States, the future in cities like Buenaventura looks worse and worse.

The United States’ industrialized food system moved millions of people out of poverty and is better for the environment, too.

A spat at Mercosur’s 30th birthday marked a low point for regional cooperation.

Boris Johnson is looking to old U.K. colonies for trade deals, but his government can’t compete with China and won’t get far until it abandons its neocolonial attitudes.

As Sri Lanka shows, when it comes to Chinese debt, small states have agency and great powers have responsibilities.

“The World for Sale” peels back the cover on the secretive—and sometimes shady—people who make the modern world go around.

Unwinding sanctions will be central to reviving the nuclear deal. If the Biden administration wants a lasting solution, it must involve Iran’s central bank governor.

It could build entire industries, create new jobs, green the economy—and unite the country behind a common purpose.